SparkFun Electronics Commentsurn:uuid:214d0e4e-f1b1-d287-ce26-ac5b4c9f82492015-08-02T12:24:36-06:00SparkFun Electronicschartle on Engineering Roundtable - Joel's Ardouija boardchartleurn:uuid:4c88bc04-e379-909d-a3f2-e25ed46bcb852012-10-10T20:34:38-06:00<p>I like the idea of adding a z or really a small rotation to the planchette it would make it more like its being &ldquo;guided&rdquo;. All you really need is for the platform under the board to rotate just a little bit. I would just use a servo with a linkage to give it that rotation and have the pivot be near the bottom of it.</p>
<p>Then as it moves to the right rotate it a little that way and then as it stops have the bottom kind of catch up.</p>
<p>Also I wouldn&rsquo;t worry if it doesn&rsquo;t move smoothly. The planchette really doesn&rsquo;t move smoothly.</p>fkinnaman on Engineering Roundtable - Joel's Ardouija boardfkinnamanurn:uuid:e1e0e14c-0d0d-5433-b810-426ba7a8648d2012-10-09T20:41:37-06:00<p>this is actually pretty well commented. solid thanks.</p>Joel_E_B on Engineering Roundtable - Joel's Ardouija boardJoel_E_Burn:uuid:aca44ec1-d75c-5f4f-635b-c108bfae6f8f2012-10-09T16:00:31-06:00<p>I added a link to the code in the description. It&rsquo;s nothing fancy. I didn&rsquo;t get a lot of time to refine it once I got the hardware up and running, but it gets the job done. There are also libraries out there on how to use both a WiiChuck and a Wii Classic controller on your Arduino. I think they make excellent inputs for any project. Given that it still uses the nunchuck, I wanted to call it the ArdWiija. Ha!</p>fkinnaman on Engineering Roundtable - Joel's Ardouija boardfkinnamanurn:uuid:66d79065-d33d-65d8-663a-0cc29f58740a2012-10-08T20:56:07-06:00<p>I&rsquo;d be down to see the arduino code for how to move this sort of thing around via joystick&hellip; or I am probably missing some existing good tutorials on this?</p>Jon Mayer on Engineering Roundtable - Joel's Ardouija boardJon Mayerurn:uuid:ad1b4f1b-161d-c07b-6f7b-98bc28f139da2012-10-08T18:30:01-06:00<p>I would suggest using an electromagnet and putting some steel in the planchette. That way, you can kill the magnet if you have any doubters.</p>Jeff Haas on Engineering Roundtable - Joel's Ardouija boardJeff Haasurn:uuid:7520c880-e037-653e-0dcb-6ed8bcbccd202012-10-08T14:24:45-06:00<p>Here&rsquo;s another approach to making the planchette move:
http://www.halloweenforum.com/tutorials-step-step/107554-animated-ouija-board-vent-motor-part-1-a.html</p>
<p>There might be a way to add a microcontroller to it to vary the movement.</p>TECH GEEK on Engineering Roundtable - Joel's Ardouija boardTECH GEEKurn:uuid:a1c293d9-9a45-56ca-d258-ea610464d1362012-10-08T12:23:56-06:00<p>SparkFun! OOO! AHH! AHH! (finding nemo)</p>Joel_E_B on Engineering Roundtable - Joel's Ardouija boardJoel_E_Burn:uuid:b843c41e-9797-30ec-2b7d-ce755170c2cd2012-10-08T11:54:57-06:00<p>Thanks, I didn&rsquo;t even think about LEGO parts. Still, you can&rsquo;t beat free cardboard. There is another awesome tutorial on automated Ouija boards at Instructables http://www.instructables.com/id/Animated-Haunted-Ouija-Board/.</p>jago lee on Engineering Roundtable - Joel's Ardouija boardjago leeurn:uuid:252fef55-4abf-b9a6-e1ce-027a208a07082012-10-08T11:27:45-06:00<p>No warning? I mean you are talking to the dead&hellip;</p>Jdlee77 on Engineering Roundtable - Joel's Ardouija boardJdlee77urn:uuid:a90b89a1-6eb8-3713-7e03-8d58768122822012-10-08T11:08:56-06:00<p>Awesome project! This is definitely on my list to build. LEGO tank tracks work well for a small cable track.</p>